Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-12
FLORIDA.

| The main building Of the hotel at Sill.
| yer Springs Park is up, and commands q
| splendid view. The hotel will be three
stories high and have sixty-fve rooms.
A large corps Of surveyors are at work
getting ready for the great sale of the
trustee OF the Florida Winter Home Com
pany, who Is soon to sell all the lands
| at Orange Park and Ridgewood to the
highest bidder at public auction.
The shad fishermen OF Palatka report
the heaviest run Of shad for the season on
Saturday and sunday nights, and on Mon
day plight the eight boats in Reynolds
camp at e. S. Bugby's place IN East Pa
latka caught $500 very tine shad.
The Fruit Growers Association at
Orange Park have built large two-story
packing house near the depot. This is a
stock company, composed Of permanent
residents, who have made "A great success
in strawberry culture and small fruits.
Saturday night, Bud Davis, Captain of
a ChOctawhatchie lighter, picked up the
body of John T. Waters, the fireman of
the steamer Santa Rosa, whose acct
dental drowning was recorded last week.
The body was found in the mouth
OF Cboctawhatchie bay, aud buried at
Frigid point, near White Bluff.
Capt. Porter says that the hooking
birds OF Dade county do not sing. He has
bought some Leon county songsters to
learn the naughty birds of his section to
sing. Another strange thing about Dade
county is that there Is not road in the
county. People there generally travel by
water, or ride along the beach or through
the woods. The forest trees are all tropl-
cal aud different from other sections of
the State.
A Tallahassee lady discharged her
M I'D inf
next morning to md her choice flowers
dug up and destroyed. Last week
another lady discharged her colored SER
want, who was sister to the first girl dis
charged, the same thing having happened
to this lady's flower yard. Suspicion rested
upon the girl and after some Investigation
sufficient evidence was obtained to con-
vict her, and she is now serving her coun-
try in the chain gang.
AS result of the call for meeting OF
orange growers to convene at City Point
on Saturday, Feb. 8, a good number Of
representative men were present. Nari-
Gus questions OF interest were freely dis
cussed, but the chief interest centred on
the Orlando exhibition. 1t was resolved
10 send an EXHIBIT Of Brevard county pro-
etIcts under the auspices of the Indian
River Fruit ard Vegetable Growers AS
Aociation aud to invite growers to COOP
crate under this head.
Thomas f. Moore, one of Lake Jack
sons farmers. cutup his lands last year
into six one-hOrse farms. One he Guilt
waited himself, put on fertilizers and
worked it with system. The result was
twelve bales OF lint cotton, besides other
crops. The five cOlored tenants who
leased the other five farms scratched over
their lands as usual without lertill-
zers or system, and all combined only
made ten bales OF cotton. THIS Is the sa-
cret-ct hard times among the c0lored
people. Sas1
AT st. Augustine another daring burg ,
larry has been attempted, and the old city
escaped from what might bave proved a ,
dangerous cOnnagration. Burglars re. /
moved pane OF glass from a front win /
dow IN the store OF George Myers g. Go .
on King street, and crawling 7
through this aperture attempted I,
10 break open the money |
I'LL, by cutting ltloose, fearing the alarm |
attached thereto. Possibly being disturb !
ed or alarmed they left It unopened, but !
left lighted lamp which they had used |
Immediately under the drawer. When the |
store was opened Thursday morning the |
VII had the bottom nearly gburned out |
and lot OF old papers were Just begin |
ming to ignite. A few minutes more and |
all would have been In a blaze.